Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. - Quarter Report: 2022 March (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q


☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022


☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __________________ to __________________

Commission File No. 001-38282

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


New York		13-4042724
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

99 Park Avenue, New York, New York		10016
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(212) 659-0600

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	MCB	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such requirements for the past 90 days.

YES ☒ NO ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

YES ☒ NO ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer ☐	Accelerated filer ☒
Non-accelerated filer ☐	Smaller reporting company ☐
	Emerging Growth Company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

YES ☐ NO ☒

There were 10,931,697 shares of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding as of May 2, 2022.

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METROPOLITAN BANK HOLDING CORP.

Form 10-Q

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited)

Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021	6

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021	7

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021	8

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021	9

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021	10

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements	11

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	32

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	40

Item 4. Controls and Procedures	42

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION	43

Item 1. Legal Proceedings	43

Item 1A. Risk Factors	43

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	43

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities	43

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures	43

Item 5. Other Information	43

Item 6. Exhibits	44

Signatures	45

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GLOSSARY OF COMMON TERMS AND ACRONYMS


AFS	Available-for-sale	FHLB	Federal Home Loan Bank
ALCO	Asset Liability Committee	FHLBNY	Federal Home Loan Bank of New York
ALLL	Allowance for loan and lease losses	FRB	Federal Reserve Bank
ASU	Accounting Standards Update	FRBNY	Federal Reserve Bank of New York
BaaS	Banking-as-a-Service	FX	Foreign exchange
Bank	Metropolitan Commercial Bank	GAAP	U.S. Generally accepted accounting principles
BHC Act	Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended	HTM	Held-to-maturity
BSA	Bank Secrecy Act	ISO	Incentive stock option
C&I	Commercial and Industrial	JOBS Act	The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
CARES Act	Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act	LIBOR	London Inter-Bank Offered Rate
CECL	Current Expected Credit Loss	LTV	Loan-to-value
CFPB	Consumer Financial Protection Bureau	MBS	Mortgage-backed securities
Company	Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.	NYSDFS	New York State Department of Financial Services
Coronavirus	COVID-19	OCC	Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
CRA	Community Reinvestment Act	OTTI	Other-than-temporary impairment
CRE	Commercial real estate	PPP	Paycheck Protection Program
CRE Guidance	Commercial Real Estate Lending, Sound Risk Management Practices	PRSU	Performance Restricted Share Units
DIF	Deposit Insurance Fund	SEC	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
EGC	Emerging Growth Company	SOFR	Secured Overnight Financing Rate
EVE	Economic value of equity	SRC	Smaller reporting company
FASB	Financial Accounting Standards Board	TDR	Troubled debt restructuring
FDIC	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	USD	U.S. Dollar

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NOTE ABOUT FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may contain certain “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which may be identified by the use of such words as “may,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “consider,” “should,” “plan,” “estimate,” “predict,” “continue,” “probable,” and “potential” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, estimates with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Metropolitan Commercial Bank (the “Bank”), and the Company’s strategies, plans, objectives, expectations and intentions, and other statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that are not historical facts. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors (many of which are beyond the Company’s control) that could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ from those results expressed or implied include those factors listed under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 10, 2022, and “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. In addition, these factors include but are not limited to:

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increases in competitive pressures among financial institutions or from non-financial institutions;

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changes in the interest rate environment, including the impact of interest rate reform that applies to transactions that reference LIBOR, may reduce interest margins or affect the value of the Company’s investments;

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changes in deposit flows or loan demand may adversely affect the Company’s business;

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changes in accounting principles, policies or guidelines may cause the Company’s financial condition to be reported or perceived differently;

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general economic conditions, including unemployment rates, either nationally or locally in some or all of the areas in which the Company does business, or conditions in the securities markets or the banking industry may be less favorable than currently anticipated;

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inflation, which may lead to higher operating costs;

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declines in real estate values in the Company’s market area may adversely affect its loan production;

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legislative, tax or regulatory changes or actions may adversely affect the Company’s business;

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technological changes may be more difficult or expensive than anticipated;

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system failures or cyber-security breaches of our information technology infrastructure or those of the Company’s third-party service providers or those of our fintech partners for which we provide global payments infrastructure;

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the failure to maintain current technologies and to successfully implement future information technology enhancements;

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the ability to attract or retain key employees;

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successful implementation or consummation of new business initiatives may be more difficult or expensive than anticipated;

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the risks associated with adverse changes to credit quality, including changes in the level of loan delinquencies, non-performing assets and charge-offs and changes in the estimates of the adequacy of the ALLL;

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difficulties associated with achieving or predicting expected future financial results; and

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the potential impact on the Company’s operations and customers resulting from natural or man-made disasters, wars, acts of terrorism, cyber-attacks and pandemics such as COVID-19, as discussed below.

Further, given its ongoing and dynamic nature, including the rate of vaccine acceptance and the development of new variants, it is difficult to predict the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business. The extent of such impact will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain, including when the coronavirus can be controlled and abated. As the result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related adverse local and national economic consequences, we could be subject to any of the following risks, any of which could have a material, adverse effect on our business, financial condition, liquidity, and results of operations: the demand for our products and services may decline, making it difficult to grow assets and income; if the economy worsens, loan delinquencies, problem assets, and foreclosures may increase, resulting in increased charges and reduced income; collateral for loans, especially real estate, may decline in value, which could cause loan losses to increase; our ALLL may increase if borrowers experience financial difficulties, which will adversely affect our net income; the net worth and liquidity of loan guarantors may decline, impairing their ability to honor commitments to us; our cyber security risks may increase if a significant number of our employees are forced to work remotely; and FDIC premiums may increase if the agency experiences additional resolution costs.

The Company’s ability to predict results or the actual effects of its plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. As such, forward-looking statements can be affected by inaccurate assumptions made or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect conditions only as of the date of this filing. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this document. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions which may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances occurring after the date of such statements, except as required by the law.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION (unaudited)

(in thousands, except share data)


	March 31,		December 31,
	2022		2021
Assets
Cash and due from banks	$	32,483	$	28,864
Overnight deposits		1,381,475		2,330,486
Total cash and cash equivalents		1,413,958		2,359,350
Investment securities available for sale, at fair value		505,728		566,624
Investment securities held to maturity (estimated fair value of $436.8 million and $380.1 million at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively)		467,893		382,099
Equity investment securities, at fair value		2,173		2,273
Total securities		975,794		950,996
Other investments		15,989		11,998
Loans, net of deferred fees and costs		4,121,443		3,731,929
Allowance for loan losses		(38,134)		(34,729)
Net loans		4,083,309		3,697,200
Receivable from global payments business, net		62,129		39,864
Accrued interest receivable		16,186		15,195
Premises and equipment, net		16,434		15,116
Prepaid expenses and other assets		33,408		16,906
Goodwill		9,733		9,733
Total assets	$	6,626,940	$	7,116,358
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Deposits
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits	$	3,176,048	$	3,668,673
Interest-bearing deposits		2,763,315		2,766,899
Total deposits		5,939,363		6,435,572
Trust preferred securities		20,620		20,620
Subordinated debt, net of issuance cost		—		24,712
Secured borrowing		32,322		32,461
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities		50,216		36,411
Accrued interest payable		297		746
Prepaid third-party debit cardholder balances		24,092		8,847
Total liabilities		6,066,910		6,559,369

Common stock, $0.01 par value, 25,000,000 shares authorized, 10,931,697 and 10,920,569 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively		109		109
Additional paid in capital		383,327		382,999
Retained earnings		200,406		181,385
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		(23,812)		(7,504)
Total stockholders’ equity		560,030		556,989
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	6,626,940	$	7,116,358

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements

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METROPOLITAN BANK HOLDING CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share data)


	Three months ended March 31,
	2022		2021
Interest and dividend income
Loans, including fees	$	46,536	$	36,840
Securities
Taxable		3,341		736
Tax-exempt		51		35
Overnight deposits		915		344
Other interest and dividends		127		151
Total interest income		50,970		38,106
Interest expense
Deposits		3,625		3,171
Trust preferred securities		108		108
Subordinated debt		605		405
Total interest expense		4,338		3,684

Net interest income		46,632		34,422
Provision for loan losses		3,400		950
Net interest income after provision for loan losses		43,232		33,472

Non-interest income
Service charges on deposit accounts		1,370		972
Global Payments Group revenue		5,657		3,360
Other service charges and fees		506		304
Unrealized gain (loss) on equity securities		(106)		(41)
Total non-interest income		7,427		4,595

Non-interest expense
Compensation and benefits		13,421		11,428
Bank premises and equipment		2,116		2,024
Professional fees		1,474		1,304
Technology costs		1,399		927
Licensing fees		2,294		2,074
Other expenses		3,915		2,566
Total non-interest expense		24,619		20,323

Net income before income tax expense		26,040		17,744
Income tax expense		7,019		5,627
Net income	$	19,021	$	12,117

Earnings per common share
Basic earnings	$	1.74	$	1.46
Diluted earnings	$	1.69	$	1.43

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (unaudited)

(in thousands)


	Three months ended March 31,
	2022		2021
Net Income	$	19,021	$	12,117

Other comprehensive income:
Securities available for sale:
Unrealized gain (loss) arising during the period		(32,195)		(6,934)
Tax effect		9,800		2,210
Net of tax		(22,395)		(4,724)


Cash flow hedges:
Unrealized gain (loss) arising during the period		8,776		2,277
Tax effect		(2,689)		(726)
Net of tax		6,087		1,551

Total other comprehensive income (loss)		(16,308)		(3,173)

Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	2,713	$	8,944

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements

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METROPOLITAN BANK HOLDING CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (unaudited)

(in thousands, except share data)


	Preferred						Additional				AOCI
	Stock,			Common			Paid-in		Retained		(Loss),
	Class B			Stock			Capital		Earnings		Net		Total
	Shares	Amount		Shares	Amount

Balance at January 1, 2021	272,636	$	3	8,295,272	$	82	$	218,899	$	120,830	$	973	$	340,787
Restricted stock, net of forfeiture	—		—	93,281		1		—		—		—		1
Stock based compensation	—		—	—		—		586		—		—		586
Impact of shares for tax withholding for restricted stock vesting	—		—	(43,521)		—		(2,101)		—		—		(2,101)
Net income	—		—	—		—		—		12,117		—		12,117
Other comprehensive income (loss)	—		—	—		—		—		—		(3,173)		(3,173)
Balance at March 31, 2021	272,636	$	3	8,345,032	$	83	$	217,384	$	132,947	$	(2,200)	$	348,217


Balance at January 1, 2022	—	$	—	10,920,569	$	109	$	382,999	$	181,385	$	(7,504)	$	556,989
Restricted stock, net of forfeiture	—		—	23,487		—		—		—		—		—
Stock based compensation	—		—	—		—		1,519		—		—		1,519
Impact of shares for tax withholding for restricted stock vesting	—		—	(12,359)		—		(1,191)		—		—		(1,191)
Net income	—		—	—		—		—		19,021		—		19,021
Other comprehensive income (loss)	—		—	—		—		—		—		(16,308)		(16,308)
Balance at March 31, 2022	—	$	—	10,931,697	$	109	$	383,327	$	200,406	$	(23,812)	$	560,030

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (unaudited)

(in thousands)


	Three months ended March 31,
	2022		2021
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	$	19,021	$	12,117
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash:
Net depreciation amortization and accretion		1,161		1,272
Provision for loan losses		3,400		950
Stock-based compensation		1,519		586
Net change in deferred loan fees		1,037		183
Deferred income tax (benefit) expense		—		715
Dividends earned on CRA fund		(6)		(9)
Unrealized (gain) loss on equity securities		106		41
Net change in:
Accrued interest receivable		(991)		(733)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities		13,805		(18,908)
Third-party debit cardholder balances		15,245		6,972
Accrued interest payable		(449)		(149)
Receivable from global payments, net		(22,265)		(11,097)
Prepaid expenses and other assets		(701)		7,958
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		30,882		(102)

Cash flows from investing activities
Loan originations, purchases and payments, net		(390,546)		(101,649)
Redemptions of other investments		—		2
Purchases of other investments		(3,991)		(43)
Purchase of securities available-for-sale		—		(246,744)
Purchase of securities held-for-investment		(95,822)		—
Proceeds from paydowns and maturities of securities available-for-sale		28,352		25,243
Proceeds from paydowns of securities held-to-maturity		9,858		262
Purchase of premises and equipment, net		(1,874)		(774)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(454,023)		(323,703)

Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from FHLB advances		—		50
Repayments of FHLB advances		—		(50)
Redemption of common stock for tax withholdings for restricted stock vesting		(1,191)		(2,101)
Redemption of subordinated debt		(24,712)		—
Proceeds from (repayments of) secured borrowings, net		(139)		(489)
Net increase (decrease) in deposits		(496,209)		597,111
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(522,251)		594,521

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(945,392)		270,716
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period		2,359,350		864,305
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period	$	1,413,958	$	1,135,021


Supplemental information
Cash paid for:
Interest	$	4,787	$	3,833
Income Taxes	$	2,725	$	2,250

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements

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METROPOLITAN BANK HOLDING CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp., a New York corporation (the “Company”), is a bank holding company whose principal activity is the ownership and management of Metropolitan Commercial Bank (the “Bank”), its wholly-owned subsidiary. The Company’s primary market is the New York metropolitan area. The Company provides a broad range of business, commercial and retail banking products and services to small businesses, middle-market enterprises, public entities and affluent individuals. See the “Glossary of Common Terms and Acronyms” for the definition of certain terms and acronyms used throughout this Form 10-Q.

The Company’s primary lending products are CRE loans, C&I loans, and multi-family loans. Substantially all loans are secured by specific items of collateral including business assets, consumer assets, and commercial and residential real estate. Commercial loans are expected to be repaid from cash flows from operations of businesses.

The Company’s primary deposit products are checking, savings, and term deposit accounts, and its deposit accounts are insured by the FDIC under the maximum amounts allowed by law. In addition to traditional commercial banking products, the Company offers corporate cash management and retail banking services and, through its Global Payments Group (“global payments business”), provides BaaS to its fintech partners, which includes serving as an issuing bank for third-party managed debit card programs nationwide and providing other financial infrastructure, including cash settlement and custodian deposit services.

The Company and the Bank are subject to the regulations of certain state and federal agencies and, accordingly, are periodically examined by those regulatory authorities. The Company’s business is affected by state and federal legislation and regulations.

NOTE 2 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform with GAAP and predominant practices within the U.S. banking industry. The Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements (“unaudited financial statements”) include the accounts of the Company and the Bank. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q, Article 8 of Regulation S-X and predominant practices within the U.S. banking industry. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. The unaudited financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented. In preparing the interim unaudited financial statements in conformity with GAAP, management has made estimates and assumptions based on available information. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expense during the reported periods, and actual results could differ from those estimated. Information available which could affect these judgments include, but are not limited to, changes in interest rates, changes in the performance of the economy, and changes in the financial condition of borrowers.

Some items in the prior year financial statements may have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation. Reclassification had no effect on prior year net income or stockholders’ equity.

The results of operations for the for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that may be expected for the entire fiscal year or for any other period.

The unaudited financial statements presented in this report should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes to the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 as filed with the SEC.

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Pursuant to the JOBS Act, an EGC is provided the option to adopt new or revised accounting standards that may be issued by the FASB or the SEC either (i) within the same periods as those otherwise applicable to non-EGCs or (ii) within the same time periods as private companies. The Company elected delayed effective dates of recently issued accounting standards. As permitted by the JOBS Act, so long as it qualifies as an EGC, the Company will take advantage of some of the reduced regulatory and reporting requirements that are available to it, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation, and exemptions from the requirements of holding non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation and golden parachute payments.

The Company will lose its EGC status on December 31, 2022, since that would be the last day of the fiscal year of the Company following the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of common equity securities of the Company pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires companies that lease assets to recognize on their balance sheets the assets and liabilities generated by contracts longer than a year. Under ASU 2016-02, the Company will recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease obligation liability on the consolidated statement of financial condition, which will increase the Company’s assets and liabilities. The Company is required to implement ASU 2016-02 by December 31, 2022 and is currently evaluating the potential impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326), which requires the measurement of all expected credit losses for financial assets held at the reporting date be based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. ASU 2016-13 requires that financial institutions and other organizations will use forward-looking information to better inform their credit loss estimates. This guidance also amends the accounting for credit losses on AFS debt securities and purchased financial assets with credit deterioration. In October 2019, the FASB approved a delay for the implementation of ASU 2016-13. Accordingly, the Company is required to implement ASU 2016-13 by January 1, 2023. Management has established a committee to evaluate the impact of ASU 2016-13 on the Company’s financial statements. The Company expects to recognize a one-time cumulative adjustment to the allowance for loan losses as of the beginning of the reporting period in which ASU 2016-13 takes effect. The Company is currently analyzing certain aspects of the CECL models, inputting data into the models, and evaluating the potential impact on the Company’s ALLL.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, which eliminates the second step in the goodwill impairment test, which requires an entity to determine the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill. Instead, an entity should recognize an impairment loss if the carrying value of the net assets assigned to the reporting unit exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, with the impairment loss not to exceed the amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit. The standard was effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2021, and did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting, which provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. The amendments in this ASU apply only to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform. The amendments in this ASU are effective for all entities as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. In January 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-01, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Scope. The amendments in this ASU clarify that certain optional expedients and exceptions in Topic 848 for contract modifications and hedge accounting apply to derivatives that are affected by the discounting transition. Management has established a working group that is in the process of evaluating the impact of the transition from LIBOR on the Company and its consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

In March 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-02, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures. ASU 2022-02 eliminates the accounting guidance for TDRs by creditors while enhancing disclosure requirements for certain loan refinancings and restructurings by creditors when a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty. The Company is required to implement ASU 2022-02 by January 1, 2023 and is currently evaluating the potential impact on its consolidated financial statements.

NOTE 4 - INVESTMENT SECURITIES

The following tables summarize the amortized cost and fair value of debt securities AFS and HTM and equity investments and the corresponding amounts of gross unrealized gains and losses recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and gross unrecognized gains and losses (in thousands):


			Gross		Gross
			Unrealized/		Unrealized/
	Amortized		Unrecognized		Unrecognized
At March 31, 2022	Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value
Available-for-Sale Securities:
U.S. Government agency securities	$	67,995	$	—	$	(5,249)	$	62,746
U.S. State and Municipal securities		11,761		—		(1,523)		10,238
Residential MBS		448,457		5		(36,341)		412,121
Commercial MBS		17,217		41		(1,050)		16,208
Asset-backed securities		4,477		—		(62)		4,415
Total securities available-for-sale	$	549,907	$	46	$	(44,225)	$	505,728

Held-to-Maturity Securities:
U.S. Treasury securities	$	29,821	$	—	$	(1,332)	$	28,489
U.S. State and Municipal securities		15,995		—		(1,553)		14,442
Residential MBS		413,947		—		(27,486)		386,461
Commercial MBS		8,130		—		(697)		7,433
Total securities held-to-maturity	$	467,893	$	—	$	(31,068)	$	436,825

Equity Investments:
CRA Mutual Fund	$	2,332	$	—	$	(159)	$	2,173
Total equity investment securities	$	2,332	$	—	$	(159)	$	2,173

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			Gross		Gross
			Unrealized/		Unrealized/
	Amortized		Unrecognized		Unrecognized
At December 31, 2021	Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value
Available-for-Sale Securities:
U.S. Government agency securities	$	67,994	$	—	$	(1,660)	$	66,334
U.S. State and Municipal securities		11,799		—		(300)		11,499
Residential MBS		476,393		623		(10,465)		466,551
Commercial MBS		17,787		219		(379)		17,627
Asset-backed securities		4,635		—		(22)		4,613
Total securities available-for-sale	$	578,608	$	842	$	(12,826)	$	566,624

Held-to-Maturity Securities:
U.S. Treasury securities	$	29,811	$	6	$	(43)	$	29,774
U.S. State and Municipal securities		16,055		299		—		16,354
Residential MBS		328,095		105		(2,259)		325,941
Commercial MBS		8,138		—		(99)		8,039
Total securities held-to-maturity	$	382,099	$	410	$	(2,401)	$	380,108

Equity Investments:
CRA Mutual Fund	$	2,326	$	—	$	(53)	$	2,273
Total equity investment securities	$	2,326	$	—	$	(53)	$	2,273

For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, there were no sales and calls of AFS securities.

The tables below summarize, by contractual maturity, the amortized cost and fair value of debt securities. The tables do not include the effect of principal repayments or scheduled principal amortization. Equity securities, primarily investment in mutual funds, have been excluded from the table. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities if borrowers have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties (in thousands):


	Held-to-Maturity				Available-for-Sale
At March 31, 2022	Amortized Cost		Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Due within 1 year	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
After 1 year through 5 years		29,821		28,489		48,492		45,280
After 5 years though 10 years		9,815		9,083		35,249		32,997
After 10 years		428,257		399,253		466,166		427,451
Total Securities	$	467,893	$	436,825	$	549,907	$	505,728


	Held-to-Maturity				Available-for-Sale
At December 31, 2021	Amortized Cost		Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Due within 1 year	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
After 1 year through 5 years		29,811		29,774		48,515		47,370
After 5 years though 10 years		9,973		9,912		36,242		36,024
After 10 years		342,315		340,422		493,851		483,230
Total Securities	$	382,099	$	380,108	$	578,608	$	566,624

There were no securities pledged as collateral at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

At March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, all of the residential mortgage securities and commercial mortgage securities held by the Company were issued by U.S. Government-sponsored entities and agencies.

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Debt securities with unrealized losses aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, are as follows (in thousands):


	Less than 12 Months				12 Months or More				Total
			Unrealized/				Unrealized/				Unrealized/
	Estimated		Unrecognized		Estimated		Unrecognized		Estimated		Unrecognized
At March 31, 2022	Fair Value		Losses		Fair Value		Losses		Fair Value		Losses
Available-for-Sale Securities:
Residential MBS	$	304,552	$	(24,766)	$	106,793	$	(11,575)	$	411,345	$	(36,341)
Commercial MBS		5,595		(410)		7,519		(640)		13,114		(1,050)
Asset-backed securities		4,415		(62)		—		—		4,415		(62)
U.S. Government agency securities		—		—		62,746		(5,249)		62,746		(5,249)
U.S. State and Municipal securities		6,294		(628)		3,944		(895)		10,238		(1,523)
Total securities available-for-sale	$	320,856	$	(25,866)	$	181,002	$	(18,359)	$	501,858	$	(44,225)

Held-to-Maturity Securities:
Residential MBS	$	386,461	$	(27,486)	$	—	$	—	$	386,461	$	(27,486)
Commercial MBS		7,433		(697)		—		—		7,433		(697)
U.S. Treasury Securities		28,489		(1,332)		—		—		28,489		(1,332)
U.S. State and Municipal securities		14,442		(1,553)		—		—		14,442		(1,553)
Total securities held-to-maturity	$	436,825	$	(31,068)	$	—	$	—	$	436,825	$	(31,068)


	Less than 12 Months				12 Months or More				Total
			Unrealized/				Unrealized/				Unrealized/
	Estimated		Unrecognized		Estimated		Unrecognized		Estimated		Unrecognized
At December 31, 2021	Fair Value		Losses		Fair Value		Losses		Fair Value		Losses
Available-for-Sale Securities:
Residential MBS	$	423,686	$	(9,727)	$	12,931	$	(738)	$	436,617	$	(10,465)
Commercial MBS		11,202		(296)		3,511		(83)		14,713		(379)
Asset-backed securities		4,613		(22)		—		—		4,613		(22)
U.S. Government agency securities		29,267		(730)		37,067		(930)		66,334		(1,660)
U.S. State and Municipal securities		8,372		(300)		—		—		8,372		(300)
Total securities available-for-sale	$	477,140	$	(11,075)	$	53,509	$	(1,751)	$	530,649	$	(12,826)

Held-to-Maturity Securities:
Residential MBS	$	301,896	$	(2,259)	$	—	$	—	$	301,896	$	(2,259)
Commercial MBS		8,039		(99)		—		—		8,039		(99)
U.S. Treasury Securities		9,697		(43)		—		—		9,697		(43)
Total securities held-to-maturity	$	319,632	$	(2,401)	$	—	$	—	$	319,632	$	(2,401)

The unrealized losses on securities are primarily due to the changes in market interest rates subsequent to purchase. The Company did not consider these securities to have OTTI at March 31, 2022 or December 31, 2021 since the decline in market value was attributable to changes in interest rates and not credit quality. In addition, the Company does not intend to sell and does not believe that it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell these investments until there is a full recovery of the unrealized loss, which may be at maturity. As a result, no impairment loss was recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2022 or for the year ended December 31, 2021.

At March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were no holdings of securities of any one issuer, other than the U.S. Government and its agencies, in an amount greater than 10% of stockholders’ equity.

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NOTE 5 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES

Loans, net of deferred costs and fees, consist of the following (in thousands):


	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Real estate
Commercial	$	2,782,092	$	2,488,382
Construction		168,760		151,791
Multi-family		373,095		355,290
One-to-four family		52,819		57,163
Total real estate loans		3,376,766		3,052,626
Commercial and industrial		723,624		654,535
Consumer		29,688		32,366
Total loans		4,130,078		3,739,527
Deferred fees, net of origination costs		(8,635)		(7,598)
Loans, net of deferred fees and costs		4,121,443		3,731,929
Allowance for loan losses		(38,134)		(34,729)
Net loans	$	4,083,309	$	3,697,200

Included in C&I loans at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 are $298,000 and $561,000 respectively, of PPP loans.

The following tables present the activity in the ALLL by segment. The portfolio segments represent the categories that the Company uses to determine its ALLL (in thousands):


	Commercial		Commercial						One-to-four
Three months ended March 31, 2022	Real Estate		& Industrial		Construction		Multi-family		Family		Consumer		Total
Allowance for loan losses:
Beginning balance	$	22,216	$	7,708	$	2,105	$	2,156	$	140	$	404	$	34,729
Provision (credit) for loan losses		2,504		780		224		100		(36)		(172)		3,400
Loans charged-off		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Recoveries		—		—		—		—		—		5		5
Total ending allowance balance	$	24,720	$	8,488	$	2,329	$	2,256	$	104	$	237	$	38,134

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	Commercial		Commercial						One-to-four
Three months ended March 31, 2021	Real Estate		& Industrial		Construction		Multi-family		Family		Consumer		Total
Allowance for loan losses:
Beginning balance	$	17,243	$	12,123	$	1,593	$	2,661	$	206	$	1,581	$	35,407
Provision (credit) for loan losses		1,098		(441)		114		71		(28)		136		950
Loans charged-off		—		(855)		—		—		—		—		(855)
Recoveries		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total ending allowance balance	$	18,341	$	10,827	$	1,707	$	2,732	$	178	$	1,717	$	35,502

Net recoveries for the three months ended March 31, 2022 were $5,000. Net charge-offs for the three months ended March 31, 2021 were $855,000.

The following tables present the balance in the ALLL and the recorded investment in loans by portfolio segment based on impairment method (in thousands):


	Commercial		Commercial						One-to-four
At March 31, 2022	Real Estate		& Industrial		Construction		Multi-family		Family		Consumer		Total
Allowance for loan losses:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	24	$	24
Collectively evaluated for impairment		24,720		8,488		2,329		2,256		104		213		38,110
Total ending allowance balance	$	24,720	$	8,488	$	2,329	$	2,256	$	104	$	237	$	38,134
Loans:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	28,478	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	933	$	24	$	29,435
Collectively evaluated for impairment		2,753,614		723,624		168,760		373,095		51,886		29,664		4,100,643
Total ending loan balance	$	2,782,092	$	723,624	$	168,760	$	373,095	$	52,819	$	29,688	$	4,130,078

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	Commercial		Commercial						One-to-four
At December 31, 2021	Real Estate		& Industrial		Construction		Multi-family		Family		Consumer		Total
Allowance for loan losses:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	26	$	170	$	196
Collectively evaluated for impairment		22,216		7,708		2,105		2,156		114		234		34,533
Total ending allowance balance	$	22,216	$	7,708	$	2,105	$	2,156	$	140	$	404	$	34,729
Loans:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	38,518	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	946	$	302	$	39,766
Collectively evaluated for impairment		2,449,864		654,535		151,791		355,290		56,217		32,064		3,699,761
Total ending loan balance	$	2,488,382	$	654,535	$	151,791	$	355,290	$	57,163	$	32,366	$	3,739,527

The following tables present loans individually evaluated for impairment recognized (in thousands):


	Unpaid				Allowance
	Principal		Recorded		for Loan
At March 31, 2022	Balance		Investment		Losses Allocated
With an allowance recorded:
One-to-four family	$	570	$	440	$	—
Consumer		24		24		24
Total	$	594	$	464	$	24

Without an allowance recorded:
One-to-four family	$	641	$	493	$	—
Commercial real estate		28,477		28,478		—
Total	$	29,118	$	28,971	$	—


	Unpaid				Allowance
	Principal		Recorded		for Loan
At December 31, 2021	Balance		Investment		Losses Allocated
With an allowance recorded:
One-to-four family	$	577	$	447	$	26
Consumer		302		302		170
Total	$	879	$	749	$	196

Without an allowance recorded:
One-to-four family	$	646	$	499	$	—
Commercial real estate		38,518		38,518		—
Total	$	39,164	$	39,017	$	—

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	Average		Interest
	Recorded		Income
Three months ended March 31, 2022	Investment		Recognized
With an allowance recorded:
One-to-four family	$	224	$	3
Consumer		163		—
Total	$	387	$	3

Without an allowance recorded:
One-to-four family	$	716	$	6
Commercial real estate		33,498		230
Total	$	34,214	$	236

	Average		Interest
	Recorded		Income
Three months ended March 31, 2021	Investment		Recognized
With an allowance recorded:
One-to-four family	$	474	$	8
Consumer		2,162		29
Commercial & industrial		3,669		—
Total	$	6,305	$	37

Without an allowance recorded:
One-to-four family	$	516	$	7
Commercial real estate		10,343		167
Commercial and industrial		96		—
Total	$	10,955	$	174

The recorded investment in loans excludes accrued interest receivable and loan origination fees.

For a loan to be considered impaired, management determines whether it is probable that the Company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Management applies its normal loan review procedures in making these judgments. Impaired loans include individually classified non-accrual loans and TDRs. Impairment is determined based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate. For loans that are collateral dependent, the fair value of the collateral is used to determine the fair value of the loan. The fair value of the collateral is determined based on recent appraised values. The fair value of the collateral or present value of expected cash flows is compared to the carrying value to determine if any write-down or specific loan loss allowance allocation is required.

For discussion on modification of loans to borrowers impacted by COVID-19, refer to the “COVID-19 Loan Modifications” section herein.

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The following tables present the recorded investment in non-accrual loans and loans past due over 90 days and still accruing, by class of loans (in thousands):


At March 31, 2022	Nonaccrual		Loans Past Due Over 90 Days Still Accruing
Commercial real estate	$	—	$	—
Commercial & industrial		—		—
One-to-four family		—		—
Consumer		24		—
Total	$	24	$	—


At December 31, 2021		Nonaccrual		Loans Past Due Over 90 Days Still Accruing
Commercial real estate	$	9,984	$	—
Commercial & industrial		—		—
One-to-four family		—		—
Consumer		37		265
Total	$	10,021	$	265

Interest income that would have been recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 had non-accrual loans been current according to their original terms was immaterial.

The following tables present the aging of the recorded investment in past due loans by class of loans (in thousands):


					90
	30-59		60-89		Days and		Total past		Current
At March 31, 2022	Days		Days		greater		due		loans		Total
Commercial real estate	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	2,782,092	$	2,782,092
Commercial & industrial		111		—		—		111		723,513		723,624
Construction		—		—		—		—		168,760		168,760
Multi-family		—		—		—		—		373,095		373,095
One-to-four family		—		—		—		—		52,819		52,819
Consumer		73		—		24		97		29,591		29,688
Total	$	184	$	—	$	24	$	208	$	4,129,870	$	4,130,078


					90
	30-59		60-89		Days and		Total past		Current
At December 31, 2021	Days		Days		greater		due		loans		Total
Commercial real estate	$	—	$	—	$	9,984	$	9,984	$	2,478,398	$	2,488,382
Commercial & industrial		151		—		—		151		654,384		654,535
Construction		—		—		—		—		151,791		151,791
Multi-family		—		—		—		—		355,290		355,290
One-to-four family		—		—		—		—		57,163		57,163
Consumer		93		94		302		489		31,877		32,366
Total	$	244	$	94	$	10,286	$	10,624	$	3,728,903	$	3,739,527

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Troubled Debt Restructurings

Loans for which the terms have been modified resulting in a concession, and for which the borrower is experiencing financial difficulties, are considered TDRs and classified as impaired.

Included in impaired loans at both March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were $1.3 million of loans modified as TDRs. There were no loans modified as a TDR during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021. The Company has not committed to lend additional amounts as of March 31, 2022 to customers with outstanding loans that are classified as TDRs. During the three months ended March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2021, there were no payment defaults on any loans previously identified as TDRs. A loan is considered to be in payment default once it is 90 days contractually past due under the modified terms. In order to determine whether a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty, an evaluation is performed of the probability that the borrower will be in payment default on any of its debt in the foreseeable future without the modification. This evaluation is performed pursuant to the Company’s internal underwriting policy.

The following tables present the recorded investment in TDRs by class of loans (in thousands):


At March 31, 2022	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Commercial real estate	$	339	$	342
One-to-four family		933		946
Total	$	1,272	$	1,288

All TDRs at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were performing in accordance with their restructured terms.

Credit Quality Indicators

The Company categorizes loans into risk categories based on relevant information about the ability of borrowers to service their debt such as: current financial information, historical payment experience, credit documentation, public information, and current economic trends, among other factors. Except for one-to-four family loans and consumer loans, the Company analyzes loans individually by classifying the loans as to credit risk at least annually. For one-to-four family loans and consumer loans, the Company evaluates credit quality based on the aging status of the loan, which was previously presented. An analysis is performed on a quarterly basis for loans classified as special mention, substandard or doubtful. The Company uses the following definitions for risk ratings:

Special Mention - Loans classified as special mention have a potential weakness that deserves management’s attention. If left uncorrected, these potential weaknesses may result in deterioration of the repayment prospects for the loan or of the Company’s credit position at some future date.

Substandard - Loans classified as substandard are inadequately protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor or of the collateral pledged, if any. Loans so classified have a well-defined weakness or weaknesses that jeopardize the liquidation of the debt. They are characterized by the distinct possibility that the Company will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected.

Doubtful - Loans classified as doubtful have all the weaknesses inherent in those classified as substandard, with the added characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full, on the basis of currently existing facts, conditions and values highly questionable and improbable.

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Loans not meeting the criteria above are considered to be pass-rated loans. Based on the most recent analysis performed, the risk category of loans by class of loans is as follows (in thousands):


			Special
At March 31, 2022	Pass		Mention		Substandard		Doubtful			Total
Commercial real estate	$	2,753,614	$	339	$	28,139	$	—	$	2,782,092
Commercial & industrial		719,399		4,225		—		—		723,624
Construction		168,760		—		—		—		168,760
Multi-family		373,095		—		—		—		373,095
Total	$	4,014,868	$	4,564	$	28,139	$	—	$	4,047,571


			Special
At December 31, 2021	Pass		Mention		Substandard		Doubtful			Total
Commercial real estate	$	2,449,864	$	342	$	38,176	$	—	$	2,488,382
Commercial & industrial		646,251		4,177		4,107		—		654,535
Construction		151,791		—		—		—		151,791
Multi-family		355,290		—		—		—		355,290
Total	$	3,603,196	$	4,519	$	42,283	$	—	$	3,649,998

COVID-19 Loan Modifications

As of March 31, 2022, the Company had six loans amounting to $47.1 million, or 1.14% of total loans, that were modified in accordance with the COVID-19 Guidance and the CARES Act. As of March 31, 2022, principal payment deferrals were $47.1 million, or 1.14% of total loans, while none were full payment deferrals.

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had eight loans amounting to $48.9 million, or 1.31% of total loans, that were modified in accordance with the COVID-19 Guidance and the CARES Act. As of December 31, 2021, principal payment deferrals were $39.1 million, or 1.05% of total loans, while full payment deferrals were $9.9 million, or 0.26% of total loans.

NOTE 6 — BORROWINGS

During the first quarter of 2022, as provided in the agreement, the Company redeemed $25.0 million of subordinated debt, plus accrued interest. The subordinated notes had a maturity date of March 15, 2027 and an interest rate of 6.25% per annum.

NOTE 7 — STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

The Company has authorized 2,000,000 shares of Class B preferred stock, $0.01 par value. At March 31, 2022, none of the preferred shares are issued. During the fourth quarter of 2021, the holder of 272,636 shares of Series F, Class B non-voting preferred stock exchanged the preferred shares for shares of the Company’s common stock.

During the third quarter of 2021, the Company raised $172.5 million of capital through the issuance of 2.3 million shares of its common stock at a price of $75 per share, resulting in net proceeds of $162.7 million. The offering increased the Company’s shares of common stock outstanding from 8.3 million shares to 10.6 million shares.

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For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

NOTE 8 – EARNINGS PER SHARE

The Company uses the two-class method in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share. Under the two-class method, earnings available to common shareholders for the period are allocated between common shareholders and participating securities according to dividends declared (or accumulated) and participation rights in undistributed earnings. The factors used in the earnings per share calculation are as follows (in thousands, except per share data).


	Three months ended March 31,
	2022		2021
Basic
Net income per consolidated statements of income	$	19,021	$	12,117
Less: Earnings allocated to participating securities		(25)		(55)
Net income available to common stockholders	$	18,996	$	12,062

Weighted average common shares outstanding including participating securities		10,934,091		8,313,660
Less: Weighted average participating securities		(14,223)		(37,486)
Weighted average common shares outstanding		10,919,868		8,276,174

Basic earnings per common share	$	1.74	$	1.46

Diluted
Net income allocated to common stockholders	$	18,996	$	12,062

Weighted average common shares outstanding for basic earnings per common share		10,919,868		8,276,174
Add: Dilutive effects of assumed exercise of stock options		190,826		141,145
Add: Dilutive effects of assumed vesting of performance based restricted stock		73,561		—
Add: Dilutive effects of assumed vesting of restricted stock units		39,039		—
Average shares and dilutive potential common shares		11,223,294		8,417,319

Dilutive earnings per common share	$	1.69	$	1.43

All stock options and performance based restricted stock units were considered in computing diluted earnings per common share for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021. For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, 234,332 and 108,178 restricted stock units were not considered in the calculation of diluted earnings per share as their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.

NOTE 9 — STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN

Equity Incentive Plan

On May 28, 2019, the Company’s 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2019 EIP”) was approved by stockholders of the Company. Under the 2019 EIP, the maximum number of shares of stock that may be delivered to participants in the form of restricted stock, restricted stock units and stock options, including ISO and non-qualified stock options, is 340,000, plus any awards that are forfeited under the 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2009 Plan”) after the effective date of the 2019 EIP, which was May 28, 2019. Under the 2009 Plan, there are 468,382 shares that are subject to outstanding and/or unexercised awards that have been granted and, if forfeited after May 28, 2019, such shares will be available to be granted under the 2019 EIP. The 628,719 shares that were unauthorized and unissued under the 2009 Plan have expired and may not be granted (and such shares of stock did not roll over to the 2019 EIP).

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Stock Options

Under the terms of the 2019 EIP, a stock option cannot have an exercise price that is less than 100% of the fair market value of the shares covered by the stock option on the date of grant. In the case of an ISO granted to a 10% stockholder, the exercise price shall not be less than 110% of the fair market value of the shares covered by the stock option on the date of grant. In no event shall the exercise period exceed ten years from the date of grant of the option, except, in the case of an ISO granted to a 10% stockholder, the exercise period shall not exceed five years from the date of grant. The 2019 EIP contains a double trigger change in control feature, providing for an acceleration of vesting upon an involuntary termination of employment simultaneous with or following a change in control.

The fair value of each stock option award is estimated on the date of grant using a closed form option valuation (Black-Scholes) model. Expected volatilities based on historical volatilities of the Company’s common stock are not significant. The expected term of options granted is based on historical data and represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding, which takes into account that the options are not transferable. The risk-free interest rate for the expected term of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant.

A summary of the status of the Company’s stock options and the changes during the year is presented below:


	Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
	Number of	Weighted Average
	Options	Exercise Price

Outstanding, beginning of period	231,000	$	18.00
Granted	—		—
Exercised	—		—
Cancelled/forfeited	—		—
Outstanding, end of period	231,000	$	18.00
Options vested and exercisable at end of period	231,000	$	18.00

Weighted average remaining contractual life (years)			2.13

There was no unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options at March 31, 2022 or December 31, 2021.

There was no compensation cost related to stock options during the three months ended March 31, 2022 or 2021.

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at March 31, 2022:


	Options Outstanding
Range of Average	Number Outstanding at	Weighted Average		Weighted Average		Weighted average
Exercise Prices	March 31, 2022	Remaining Contractual Life		Exercise Price		intrinsic value
$10 – 30	231,000	2.13	$	18.00	$	83.77

Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units

The Company issued restricted stock awards under the 2009 Plan and restricted stock units under the 2019 EIP (collectively, “restricted stock grants”) to certain key personnel. Each restricted stock grant vests based on the vesting schedule outlined in the restricted stock grant agreement. Restricted stock grants are subject to forfeiture if the holder is not employed by the Company on the vesting date.

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For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

In the first quarter of 2022 and 2021, 83,151 and 78,582 restricted stock units were issued to certain key personnel, respectively. One-third of these shares vest each year for three years beginning on March 1, 2023 and March 1, 2022, respectively.

Total compensation cost that has been charged against income for restricted stock grants was $751,000 and $476,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. As of March 31, 2022, there was $9.9 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to the restricted stock awards. The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.38 years.

In January 2022, 11,126 restricted shares were granted to members of the Board of Directors. These shares vest in January 2023. In January 2019, 38,900 restricted shares were granted to members of the Board of Directors in lieu of retainer fees for three years of service. Total expense for these awards was $298,000 and $110,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Total unrecognized expense for these awards was $893,000 and $330,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s restricted stock awards:


	Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
		Weighted Average
	Number of Shares	Grant Date Fair Value

Outstanding, beginning of period	90,999	$	47.35
Granted	83,151		102.49
Forfeited	—		—
Vested	(29,818)		44.47
Outstanding at end of period	144,332	$	79.71

Performance-Based Stock Units

During the second quarter of 2021, the Company established a long-term incentive award program under the 2019 EIP. Under the program, 90,000 PRSUs were awarded. The weighted average service inception date fair value of award shares was $5.7 million. The PRSUs are scheduled to vest in three equal installments in February 2022, February 2023 and February 2024, provided certain performance criteria are met in fiscal years 2021, 2022 and 2023. However, such vested shares will not be delivered until the first quarter of 2024. At the beginning of 2022, 30,000 PSRUs were vested as all performance criteria was met in fiscal year 2021. Total compensation cost that has been charged against income for the 2019 EIP was $471,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

During the first quarter of 2018, the Company established a long-term incentive award program under the 2009 Plan. Under the program, 90,000 PRSUs were awarded. For each award, the PRSUs were eligible to be earned over a three-year performance period based on personal performance and the Company’s relative performance, in each case, as compared to certain measurement goals that were established at the onset of the performance period. These 90,000 PRSUs were earned at the end of the three-year period and vested in the first quarter of 2021.

NOTE 10 - FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company uses fair value measurements to record fair value adjustments to certain assets and to determine fair value disclosures. The Company did not have any liabilities that were measured at fair value at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. AFS securities are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. Additionally, from time to time, the Company may

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For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

be required to record at fair value other assets or liabilities on a non-recurring basis, such as certain impaired loans. These non-recurring fair value adjustments generally involve the write-down of individual assets due to impairment losses.

Accounting guidance establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The standard describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the entity has the ability to access as of the measurement date.

Level 2: Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3: Significant unobservable inputs that reflect a reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

Assets and Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis

Assets measured on a recurring basis are limited to the Company’s AFS securities portfolio, equity investments and an interest rate cap derivative contract. The AFS portfolio is carried at estimated fair value with any unrealized gains and losses, net of taxes, reported as accumulated other comprehensive income or loss in shareholders’ equity. Equity investments are carried at estimated fair value with changes in fair value reported as “unrealized gain/(loss)” on the statements of operations. The interest rate cap derivative contract is carried at estimated fair value with changes in fair value reported as accumulated other comprehensive income or loss in shareholders’ equity. The fair values for substantially all of these assets are obtained monthly from an independent nationally recognized pricing service. On a quarterly basis, the Company assesses the reasonableness of the fair values obtained for the AFS portfolio by reference to a second independent nationally recognized pricing service. Based on the nature of these securities, the Company’s independent pricing service provides prices which are categorized as Level 2 since quoted prices in active markets for identical assets are generally not available for the majority of securities in the Company’s portfolio. Various modeling techniques are used to determine pricing for the Company’s mortgage-backed securities, including option pricing and discounted cash flow models. The inputs to these models include benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, two-sided markets, benchmark securities, bids, offers and reference data. On an annual basis, the Company obtains the models, inputs and assumptions utilized by its pricing service and reviews them for reasonableness.

There are no liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

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For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

Assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below (in thousands):


	Fair Value Measurement using:
			Quoted Prices
			in Active		Significant
			Markets		Other		Significant
	Carrying		For Identical		Observable		Unobservable
	Amount		Assets (Level 1)		Inputs (Level 2)		Inputs (Level 3)
At March 31, 2022
U.S. Government agency securities	$	62,746	$	—	$	62,746	$	—
U.S. State and Municipal securities		10,238		—		10,238		—
Residential mortgage securities		412,121		—		412,121		—
Commercial mortgage securities		16,208		—		16,208		—
Asset-backed securities		4,415		—		4,415		—
CRA Mutual Fund		2,173		2,173		—		—
Derivative assets - interest rate cap		12,076		—		12,076		—


	Fair Value Measurement using:
			Quoted Prices
			in Active		Significant
			Markets		Other		Significant
	Carrying		For Identical		Observable		Unobservable
	Amount		Assets (Level 1)		Inputs (Level 2)		Inputs (Level 3)

At December 31, 2021
U.S. Government agency securities	$	66,334	$	—	$	66,334	$	—
U.S. State and Municipal securities		11,499		—		11,499		—
Residential mortgage securities		466,551		—		466,551		—
Commercial mortgage securities		17,627		—		17,627		—
Asset-backed securities		4,613		—		4,613		—
CRA Mutual Fund		2,273		2,273		—		—
Derivative assets - interest rate cap		3,385		—		3,385		—

There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.

There were no material assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis at March 31, 2022 or December 31, 2021.

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For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

Carrying amounts and estimated fair values of financial instruments carried at amortized cost were as follows (in thousands):


			Fair Value Measurement Using:
			Quoted Prices
			in Active		Significant
			Markets		Other		Significant
	Carrying		For Identical		Observable		Unobservable		Total Fair
At March 31, 2022	Amount		Assets (Level 1)		Inputs (Level 2)		Inputs (Level 3)		Value
Financial Assets:
Cash and due from banks	$	32,483	$	32,483	$	—	$	—	$	32,483
Overnight deposits		1,381,475		1,381,475		—		—		1,381,475
Securities held-to-maturity		467,893		—		436,825		—		436,825
Loans, net		4,083,309		—		—		4,111,399		4,111,399
Other investments
FRB Stock		11,421		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
FHLB Stock		3,070		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Disability Fund		1,000		—		1,000		—		1,000
Time deposits at banks		498		498		—		—		498
Receivable from prepaid card programs, net		62,129		—		—		62,129		62,129
Accrued interest receivable		16,186		—		765		15,421		16,186

Financial Liabilities:
Non-interest-bearing demand deposits	$	3,176,048	$	3,176,048	$	—	$	—	$	3,176,048
Money market and savings deposits		2,689,424		2,689,424		—		—		2,689,424
Time deposits		73,891		—		73,233		—		73,233
Trust preferred securities payable		20,620		—		—		19,965		19,965
Subordinated debt, net of issuance cost		—		—		—		—		—
Prepaid debit cardholder balances		24,092		—		—		24,092		24,092
Accrued interest payable		297		5		180		112		297
Secured borrowings		32,322		—		32,322		—		32,322


			Fair Value Measurement Using:
			Quoted Prices
			in Active		Significant
			Markets		Other		Significant
	Carrying		For Identical		Observable		Unobservable		Total Fair
At December 31, 2021	Amount		Assets (Level 1)		Inputs (Level 2)		Inputs (Level 3)		Value
Financial Assets:
Cash and due from banks	$	28,864	$	28,864	$	—	$	—	$	28,864
Overnight deposits		2,330,486		2,330,486		—		—		2,330,486
Securities held-to-maturity		382,099		—		380,108		—		380,108
Loans, net		3,697,200		—		—		3,721,619		3,721,619
Other investments
FRB Stock		7,430		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
FHLB Stock		3,070		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Disability Fund		1,000		—		1,000		—		1,000
CRA - CD		498		498		—		—		498
Receivable from prepaid card programs, net		39,864		—		—		39,864		39,864
Accrued interest receivable		15,195		—		892		14,303		15,195

Financial Liabilities:
Non-interest-bearing demand deposits	$	3,668,673	$	3,668,673	$	—	$	—	$	3,668,673
Money market and savings deposits		2,687,913		2,687,913		—		—		2,687,913
Time deposits		78,986		—		79,187		—		79,187
Trust preferred securities payable		20,620		—		—		19,997		19,997
Subordinated debt, net of issuance cost		24,712		—		25,125		—		25,125
Prepaid debit cardholder balances		8,847		—		—		8,847		8,847
Accrued interest payable		746		5		633		108		746
Secured borrowings		32,461		—		32,507		—		32,507

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

NOTE 11 - ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

There were no reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.

NOTE 12 - FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE-SHEET RISK

The Company is a party to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit. These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the financial statements. The Company’s exposure to credit loss in the event of non-performance by the other party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. The Company uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for on-balance-sheet instruments.

The following off-balance-sheet financial instruments, whose contract amounts represent credit risk, are outstanding:


	At March 31, 2022				At December 31, 2021
			Variable				Variable
	Fixed Rate		Rate		Fixed Rate		Rate
Unused commitments	$	43,628	$	343,546	$	39,676	$	346,115
Standby and commercial letters of credit		50,176		—		49,988		—
	$	93,804	$	343,546	$	89,664	$	346,115

A commitment to extend credit is a legally binding agreement to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally expire within two years. At March 31, 2022, the Company’s fixed rate loan commitments had interest rates ranging from 3.0% to 5.6% and the Company’s variable rate loan commitments had interest rates ranging from 2.3% to 8.5%, with a maturity of one year or more. At December 31, 2021, the Company’s fixed rate loan commitments had interest rates ranging from 3.0% to 5.6% and the Company’s variable rate loan commitments had interest rates ranging from 2.0% to 8.3%, with a maturity of one year or more. The amount of collateral obtained, if any, by the Company upon extension of credit is based on management’s credit evaluation of the borrower. Collateral held varies but may include mortgages on commercial and residential real estate, security interests in business assets, equipment, deposit accounts with the Company or other financial institutions and securities.

The Company’s stand-by letters of credit amounted to $50.2 million and $50.0 million as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. The Company’s stand-by letters of credit are collateralized by interest-bearing accounts of $29.6 million as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. The stand-by letters of credit mature within one year.

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For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

NOTE 13 – REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS

All of the Company’s revenue from contracts with customers that are in the scope of Accounting Standards Codification 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, are recognized in non-interest income. The following table presents the Company’s revenue from contracts with customers (in thousands):




	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2022		2021
Service charges on deposit accounts	$	1,370	$	972
Global Payments Group revenue		5,657		3,360
Other service charges and fees		506		304
Total	$	7,533	$	4,636

A description of the Company’s revenue streams accounted for under the accounting guidance is as follows:

Service charges on deposit accounts

The Company offers business and personal retail products and services, which include, but are not limited to, online banking, mobile banking, ACH, and remote deposit capture. A standard deposit contract exists between the Company and all deposit customers. The Company earns fees from its deposit customers for transaction-based services (such as ATM use fees, stop payment charges, statement rendering, and ACH fees), account maintenance, and overdraft services. Transaction-based fees are recognized at the time the transaction is executed as that is the point in time the Company fulfills the customer’s request. Account maintenance fees, which relate primarily to monthly maintenance, are earned over the course of a month, representing the period over which the Company satisfies the performance obligation. Overdraft fees are recognized at the point in time that the overdraft occurs. Service charges on deposits are withdrawn from the customer’s account balance.

Global payment group revenue

The Company offers corporate cash management and retail banking services and, through its global payments business, provides BaaS to its fintech partners. The Company earns initial set-up fees for these programs as well as fees for transactions processed. The Company receives transaction data at the end of each month for services rendered, at which time revenue is recognized. Additionally, service charges specific to Global payment customers’ deposits are recognized within Global Payment Group revenue.

Other service charges

The primary component of other service charges relates to FX conversion fees. The Company outsources FX conversion for foreign currency transactions to correspondent banks. The Company earns a portion of an FX conversion fee that the customer charges to process an FX conversion transaction. Revenue is recognized at the end of the month, once the customer has remitted the transaction information to the Company.

NOTE 14 – DERIVATIVES

In 2020, the Company entered into an interest rate cap derivative contract (“interest rate cap” or “contract”) as a part of its asset liability management strategy to help manage its interest rate risk position. The interest rate cap has a notional amount of $300.0 million and matures on March 1, 2025. The notional amount of the interest rate cap does not represent the amount exchanged by the parties. The amount exchanged is determined by reference to the notional amount and the other terms of the contract. The interest rate subject to the cap is 30-day LIBOR.

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For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

The interest rate cap was designated as a cash flow hedge of certain deposit liabilities of the Company. The hedge was determined to be highly effective during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The Company expects the hedge to remain highly effective during the remaining term of the contract.

The following tables reflect the derivatives recorded on the balance sheet (in thousands):


		Notional Amount		Fair Value
At March 31, 2022
Derivatives designated as hedges:
Interest rate caps related to customer deposits	$	300,000	$	12,076
Total included in Other Assets	$	300,000	$	12,076

At December 31, 2021
Derivatives designated as hedges:
Interest rate caps related to customer deposits	$	300,000	$	3,385
Total included in Other Assets	$	300,000	$	3,385

The effect of cash flow hedge accounting on accumulated other comprehensive income is as follows (in thousands):


			Location of		Amount of
	Amount of		Gain (Loss)		Gain (Loss)
	Gain (Loss)		Reclassified		Reclassified
	Recognized in OCI,		from OCI into		from OCI into
	net of tax		Income		Income
At March 31, 2022
Interest rate caps related to customer deposits	$	2,305	$	N/A	$	—

At December 31, 2021
Interest rate caps related to customer deposits	$	2,059	$	N/A	$	—

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Company Background

The Company is a bank holding company headquartered in New York, New York and registered under the BHC Act. Through its wholly owned bank subsidiary, Metropolitan Commercial Bank (the “Bank”), a New York state chartered bank, the Company provides a broad range of business, commercial and retail banking products and services to small businesses, middle-market enterprises, public entities and affluent individuals primarily in the New York metropolitan area. See the “Glossary of Common Terms and Acronyms” for the definition of certain terms and acronyms used throughout this Form 10-Q.

The Company’s primary lending products are commercial real estate loans, multi-family loans and commercial and industrial loans. Substantially all loans are secured by specific items of collateral including business and consumer assets, and commercial and residential real estate. Commercial loans are expected to be repaid from cash flows from operations of commercial enterprises. The Company’s primary deposit products are checking, savings, and term deposit accounts, and its deposit accounts are insured by the FDIC under the maximum amounts allowed by law. In addition to traditional commercial banking products, the Company offers corporate cash management and retail banking services, and is an established leader in BaaS through its Global Payments Group (“global payments business”). The Global Payments Group provides global payments infrastructure to its fintech partners, which includes serving as an issuing bank for third-party debit card programs nationwide and providing other financial infrastructure, including cash settlement and custodian deposit services. The Company has developed various deposit gathering strategies, which generate the funding necessary to operate without a large branch network. These activities, together with six strategically located banking centers, generate a stable source of deposits and a diverse loan portfolio with attractive risk-adjusted yields.

The Company is focused on organically growing and expanding its position in the New York metropolitan area and growing its business outside of New York through growth of its New York based customers and their businesses as they expand in other states. Through an experienced team of commercial relationship managers and its integrated, client-centric approach, the Company has grown market share by deepening existing client relationships and continually expanding its client base through referrals offering alternatives to traditional retail banking products. The Company has converted many of its commercial lending clients into full retail relationship banking clients. Given the size of the market in which the Company operates and its differentiated approach to client service, there is significant opportunity to continue its loan and deposit growth trajectory. By combining the high-tech service and relationship-based focus of a community bank with an extensive suite of financial products and services, the Company is well-positioned to continue to capitalize on the significant growth opportunities available in the New York metropolitan area.

Recent Events

On March 15, 2022, the Company redeemed the entire $25.0 million principal balance, plus accrued interest, of its outstanding subordinated notes. The subordinated notes were scheduled to mature on March 15, 2027 and had an interest rate of 6.25% per annum.

Critical Accounting Policies

Critical accounting estimates are necessary in the application of certain accounting policies and procedures and are particularly susceptible to significant change. Critical accounting policies are defined as those involving significant judgments and assumptions by management that could have a material impact on the carrying value of certain assets or on income under different assumptions or conditions. Management believes that the most critical accounting policy, which involves the most complex or subjective decisions or assessments, is as follows:

Allowance for Loan Losses

The ALLL has been determined in accordance with GAAP. The Company is responsible for the timely and periodic determination of the amount of the ALLL. Management believes that the ALLL is adequate to cover specifically

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identifiable loan losses, as well as estimated losses inherent in the Company’s portfolio for which certain losses are probable but not specifically identifiable.

Although management evaluates available information to determine the adequacy of the ALLL, the level of allowance is an estimate which is subject to significant judgment and short-term change. Because of uncertainties associated with local economic, operating, regulatory and other conditions, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, collateral values and future cash flows of the loan portfolio, it is possible that a material change could occur in the ALLL in the near term. The evaluation of the adequacy of loan collateral is often based upon estimates and appraisals. Because of changing economic conditions, the valuations determined from such estimates and appraisals may also change. Accordingly, the Company may ultimately incur losses that vary from management’s current estimates. Adjustments to the ALLL will be reported in the period in which such adjustments become known and can be reasonably estimated. All loan losses are charged to the ALLL when the loss actually occurs or when the collectability of the principal is unlikely. Recoveries are credited to the allowance at the time of recovery. In addition, various regulatory agencies, as an integral part of their examination process, periodically review the Company’s ALLL. As a result of such examinations, the Company may need to recognize additions to the ALLL based on the regulators’ judgments about information available to them at the time of such examination.

Emerging Growth Company

Pursuant to the JOBS Act, an EGC is provided the option to adopt new or revised accounting standards that may be issued by the FASB or the SEC either (i) within the same periods as those otherwise applicable to non-EGCs or (ii) within the same time periods as private companies. The Company elected the option to utilize the delayed effective dates of recently issued accounting standards. As permitted by the JOBS Act, so long as it qualifies as an EGC, the Company will also take advantage of some of the reduced regulatory and reporting requirements that are available to it, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation, and exemptions from the requirements of holding non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation and golden parachute payments.

The Company will lose its EGC status on December 31, 2022 since that would be the last day of the fiscal year of the Company following the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of the common equity securities of the Company pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933. The Company is preparing for the transition in status and compliance with the applicable regulations and accounting pronouncements.

Discussion of Financial Condition

The Company had total assets of $6.6 billion at March 31, 2022, a decrease of $493.2 million, or 6.9%, from December 31, 2021.

Total cash and cash equivalents were $1.4 billion at March 31, 2022, a decrease of $945.4 million, or 40.1%, from December 31, 2021. The decrease reflected the $414.3 million deployment of cash and cash equivalents into loans and securities, and the $492.6 million decrease of non-interest bearing demand deposits.

Total securities were $975.8 million, an increase of $24.8 million, or 2.6%, from December 31, 2021, due primarily to the deployment of excess liquidity.

Loans

Total loans, net of deferred fees and unamortized costs, were $4.1 billion, an increase of $389.5 million, or 10.4%, from December 31, 2021. The increase in total loans was due primarily to an increase of $293.7 million in CRE loans (including owner-occupied) and $69.1 million in C&I loans.

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As of March 31, 2022, total loans consisted primarily of CRE, C&I and multi-family mortgage loans. The Company’s commercial loan portfolio includes loans to the following industries (dollars in thousands):


	At March 31, 2022
		Balance	% of Total Loans⁽¹⁾
CRE⁽²⁾
Skilled Nursing Facilities	$	1,071,800	22.94	%
Multi-family		373,095	9.52
Retail		252,898	6.41
Mixed use		291,483	7.36
Office		203,736	5.11
Hospitality		192,325	5.08
Construction		168,760	4.07
Other		737,719	18.91
Total CRE	$	3,291,816	79.40	%

C&I ⁽³⁾
Healthcare	$	113,745	2.83	%
Skilled Nursing Facilities		97,150	2.73
Finance & Insurance		202,847	4.93
Wholesale		64,238	1.92
Manufacturing		28,609	0.26
Transportation		937	0.03
Retail		59,551	0.19
Recreation & Restaurants		2,200	0.06
Other		144,778	4.28
Total C&I	$	714,055	17.23	%

(1)	Net of deferred fees and costs

(2)	CRE, not including one-to-four family loans and participations

(3)	Net of premiums and overdraft adjustments

Asset Quality

Non-performing loans decreased to $24,000 at March 31, 2022 from $10.3 million at December 31, 2021, primarily due to the payoff of one CRE loan, which was adversely affected by COVID-19. The table below sets forth key asset quality ratios:

The table below sets forth key asset quality ratios:
	At or for the three months ended
	March 31, 2022			December 31, 2021

Asset Quality Ratios
Non-performing loans to total loans		—	%		0.28	%
Allowance for loan losses to total loans		0.93	%		0.93	%
Non-performing loans to total assets		—	%		0.14	%
Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans		N.M.	%		337.6	%
Allowance for loan losses to non-accrual loans		N.M.	%		346.6	%
Non-accrual loans to total loans		—	%		0.27	%
Ratio of net charge-offs (recoveries) to average loans outstanding in aggregate		—	%		0.42	%

N.M. – not meaningful

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Allowance for Loan Losses

The ALLL was $38.1 million at March 31, 2022, as compared to $34.7 million at December 31, 2021. The ratio of ALLL to total loans was 0.93% at March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021. The increase in the ALLL was primarily due to loan growth.

Deposits

Total deposits were $5.9 billion, a decrease of $496.2 million, or 7.7%, from December 31, 2021. The decrease in deposits was primarily driven by the $492.6 million decrease of non-interest bearing demand deposits, which was largely a result of deposit outflows related to client corporate activity, including client related acquisitions. Non-interest-bearing demand deposits were 53.5% of total deposits at March 31, 2022, compared to 57.0% at December 31, 2021.

The tables below summarize the Company’s deposit composition by segment for the periods indicated, and the dollar and percent change (dollars in thousands):


	At March 31, 2022		At December 31, 2021		Dollar Change		Percentage Change
Non-interest-bearing demand deposits	$	3,176,048	$	3,668,673	$	(492,625)	(13.4)	%
Money market		2,669,804		2,666,983		2,821	0.1
Savings accounts		19,620		20,930		(1,310)	(6.3)
Time deposits		73,891		78,986		(5,095)	(6.5)
Total	$	5,939,363	$	6,435,572	$	(496,209)	(7.7)	%

As of March 31, 2022, the aggregate amount of uninsured deposits (deposits in amounts greater than or equal to $250,000, which is the maximum amount for federal deposit insurance) was $1.8 billion. In addition, as of March 31, 2022, the aggregate amount of the Company’s uninsured time deposits was $37.5 million. The following table presents the scheduled maturities of time deposits greater than $250,000 (in thousands):


	At March 31, 2022
Three months or less	$	17,287
Over three months through six months		10,664
Over six months through one year		2,682
Over one year		6,847
Total	$	37,480

Borrowings

During the first quarter of 2022, the Company redeemed $25.0 million of subordinated debt, plus accrued interest. The subordinated notes had a maturity date of March 15, 2027 and an interest rate of 6.25% per annum.

Secured Borrowings

The Company has loan participation agreements with counterparties. The Company is generally the servicer for these loans. If the transfer of the participation interest does not qualify for sale treatment under GAAP, the amount of the loan transferred is recorded as a secured borrowing. There were $32.3 million and $32.5 million in secured borrowings as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

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Results of Operations

Net Income

Net income increased $6.9 million to $19.0 million for the first quarter of 2022, as compared to $12.1 million for the first quarter of 2021. This increase was due primarily to an increase of $12.2 million in net interest income and a $2.3 million increase in Global Payments Group revenue. This was offset by a $2.5 million increase in the provision for loan losses and a $4.3 million increase in non-interest expense.

Net Interest Income Analysis

Net interest income is the difference between interest earned on assets and interest incurred on liabilities. The following presents an analysis of net interest income by each major category of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. The table presents the average yield on interest-earning assets and the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities. Yields and costs were derived by dividing income or expense by the average balance of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, respectively, for the periods shown. Average balances were derived from daily balances over the periods indicated. Interest income included fees that management considered to be adjustments to yields. Yields on tax-exempt obligations were not computed on a tax-equivalent basis. Non-accrual loans were included in the computation of average balances and therefore have a zero yield. The yields set forth below include the effect of deferred loan origination fees and costs, and purchase discounts and premiums that are amortized or accreted to interest income.


	Three Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022						Mar. 31, 2021
	Average						Average
	Outstanding				Yield /		Outstanding				Yield /
(dollars in thousands)	Balance		Interest		Rate ⁽¹⁾		Balance		Interest		Rate ⁽¹⁾
Assets:
Interest-earning assets:
Loans ⁽²⁾	$	3,901,976	$	46,536	4.78	%	$	3,187,450	$	36,840	4.67	%
Available-for-sale securities		565,301		1,648	1.17			330,451		752	0.91
Held-to-maturity securities		447,165		1,738	1.55			2,623		11	1.71
Equity investments		2,328		6	1.03			2,302		8	1.39
Overnight deposits		1,969,366		915	0.19			1,100,690		344	0.13
Other interest-earning assets		13,328		127	3.80			11,610		151	5.27
Total interest-earning assets		6,899,464		50,970	2.96			4,635,126		38,106	3.32
Non-interest-earning assets		57,241						69,894
Allowance for loan losses		(36,130)						(35,969)
Total assets	$	6,920,575					$	4,669,051
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Money market and savings accounts	$	2,639,572		3,463	0.53		$	2,058,611		2,907	0.57
Certificates of deposit		75,881		162	0.86			86,902		264	1.23
Total interest-bearing deposits		2,715,453		3,625	0.54			2,145,513		3,171	0.60
Borrowed funds		40,340		713	7.07			45,282		513	4.53
Total interest-bearing liabilities		2,755,793		4,338	0.64			2,190,795		3,684	0.68
Non-interest-bearing liabilities:
Non-interest-bearing deposits		3,574,835						2,067,539
Other non-interest-bearing liabilities		28,927						63,932
Total liabilities		6,359,555						4,322,266
Stockholders' equity		561,020						346,785
Total liabilities and equity	$	6,920,575					$	4,669,051
Net interest income			$	46,632					$	34,422
Net interest rate spread ⁽³⁾					2.32	%					2.64	%
Net interest margin ⁽⁴⁾					2.71	%					3.00	%
Total cost of deposits ⁽⁵⁾					0.23	%					0.31	%
Total cost of funds ⁽⁶⁾					0.28	%					0.35	%

(1)	Annualized.

(2)	Amount includes deferred loan fees and non-performing loans.

(3)	Determined by subtracting the annualized average cost of total interest-bearing liabilities from the annualized average yield on total interest-earning assets.

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(4)	Determined by dividing annualized net interest income by total average interest-earning assets.

(5)	Determined by dividing annualized interest expense on deposits by total average interest-bearing and non-interest bearing deposits.

(6)	Determined by dividing annualized interest expense by the sum of total average interest-bearing liabilities and total average non-interest-bearing deposits.

Net interest margin for the first quarter of 2022 was 2.71% compared to 3.00% for the prior year period. The 29 basis point decline was primarily due to the $868.7 million increase in the average balance of lower yielding overnight deposits.

Total cost of funds for the first quarter of 2022 was 28 basis points compared to 35 basis points for the prior year period. The seven basis point decline was driven by the shift toward non-interest bearing deposits as well as a decrease in the cost of interest-bearing deposits.

Interest Income

Interest income increased $12.9 million to $51.0 million for the first quarter of 2022, as compared to $38.1 million for the prior year period. This was primarily due to an increase in the average balance of loans and securities, which increased $714.5 million and $679.4 million, respectively, compared to the prior year period.

Interest Expense

Interest expense increased $654,000 to $4.3 million for the first quarter of 2022 compared to $3.7 million for the prior year period. This was primarily due to the $570.0 million increase the in the average balance of interest bearing deposits for the first quarter of 2022 compared to the prior year period, partially offset by the six basis point decrease in the cost of interest bearing deposits. Interest expense for the first quarter of 2022 also included $274,000 of unamortized debt issue costs related to the subordinated debt redemption.

Provision for Loan Losses

The provision for loan losses for the first quarter of 2022 was $3.4 million, an increase of $2.5 million from the prior year period, which reflected loan growth.

Non-Interest Income

Non-interest income for the first quarter of 2022 increased by $2.8 million, as compared to the prior year period. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $2.3 million in Global Payments Group revenue from underlying client transaction volumes.

Non-Interest Expense

Non-interest expense increased $4.3 million, as compared to the prior year period primarily due to an increase in full-time employees, and general expense growth in line with revenue growth and volume expansion in the global payments business.

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Income Tax Expense

The estimated effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2022 was 27.0% compared to 31.7% for the prior year period, primarily due to higher discrete tax items during the first quarter of 2022. The discrete items for the first quarter of 2022 related to the change in the geographical mix regarding state apportionment and a higher favorable deduction for the vesting of restricted stock awards in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the prior year period.

Impact of COVID-19 on the Company

Operational Readiness

The Company identified the potential threat of COVID-19 in February 2020, activated its Pandemic Plan in March 2020, and had a fully remote workforce for its corporate office by early April 2020 as COVID-19 began to affect New York City, the Company’s primary market. The activation of the established Pandemic Plan allowed the Company to react in a disciplined manner to a rapidly changing situation.

In September, 2020, the Company implemented its Return-to-Work Plan, which allowed for up to 50% of employees to return to work. The Company revised its Return-to-Work Plan and allowed up to 75% of employees to return to work as of January 11, 2021 and 100% of employees to return to work as of March 1, 2021.

The Company’s actions ensured, and continue to ensure, the Company’s uninterrupted operational effectiveness, while safeguarding the health and safety of its customers and employees. The Pandemic Plan and Return-to-Work Plan incorporate guidance from the regulatory and health communities, as implemented and monitored by the Company’s Business Continuity Response Team. The Company’s branch network continues to serve the local community and its online platforms facilitate alternate methods for its customers to meet their financial needs. While COVID-19 has resulted in widespread disruption to the lives and businesses of the Company’s customers and employees, the Company’s Pandemic Plan and Return-to-Work Plan has enabled the Company to remain focused on assisting customers and ensuring that the Company remains fully operational.

Financial Impact

The Company has taken several steps to assess the financial impact of COVID-19 on its business, including contacting customers to determine how their business was being affected and analyzing the impact of the virus on the different industries that the Company serves.

The largest concentration in the loan portfolio is to the healthcare industry, which amounted to $1.3 billion, or 31.1% of total loans at March 31, 2022, including $1.2 billion in loans to skilled nursing facilities (“SNF”). The Company has not noted any significant impact on SNF loans because of COVID-19 as the demand for nursing home beds remains strong.

Loan Deferrals

The Company has been working with customers to address their needs during the pandemic. The following is a summary of loan modifications requested and that remain on deferral (dollars in thousands):


		At March 31, 2022
	CRE			Consumer			Total
Type of Deferral	Balance		Number of Loans	Balance		Number of Loans	Balance		Number of Loans

Defer monthly principal payments only	$	47,114	6	$	—	—	$	47,114	6

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Industry	Total Deferrals		Weighted Average LTV

CRE:
Hospitality	$	30,568	63.54	%
Mixed-Use		11,881	68.35
Other		4,665	63.96
Total	$	47,114	64.80	%

Allowance for Loan Losses

The Company continues to assess the impact of the pandemic on its financial condition, including the determination of the ALLL. As part of that assessment, the Company considers the effects of the impact of COVID-19 on macro-economic conditions such as unemployment rates and the gradual re-opening of all non-essential businesses. The Company also analyzed the impact of COVID-19 on its primary market, which is the New York metropolitan area, as well as the impact on the Company’s market sectors and its specific clients.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

The Company is a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit, which involve elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the consolidated statements of financial condition. Exposure to credit loss is represented by the contractual amount of the instruments. The Company uses the same credit policies in making commitments as it does for on-balance sheet instruments.

At March 31, 2022, the Company had $387.2 million in unused commitments and $50.2 million in standby and commercial letters of credit. At December 31, 2021, the Company had $385.8 million in unused commitments and $50.0 million in standby and commercial letters of credit.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity is the ability to meet current and future financial obligations of a short-term nature. The Company’s primary sources of funds consist of deposit inflows, loan repayments and maturities and sales of securities. While maturities and scheduled amortization of loans and securities are predictable sources of funds, deposit flows, mortgage prepayments and security sales are greatly influenced by general interest rates, economic conditions and competition.

The Company regularly reviews the need to adjust its investments in liquid assets based upon its assessment of (1) expected loan demand, (2) expected deposit flows, (3) yields available on interest-earning deposits and securities, and (4) the objectives of its asset/liability management program. Excess liquid assets are invested generally in interest-earning deposits and short- and intermediate-term securities.

The Company’s most liquid assets are cash and cash equivalents. The levels of these assets are dependent on its operating, financing, lending and investing activities during any given period. At March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, cash and cash equivalents totaled $1.4 billion and $2.4 billion, respectively. Securities classified as AFS and equity investments, which provide additional sources of liquidity, totaled $507.9 million at March 31, 2022 and $568.9 million at December 31, 2021. There were no securities pledged as collateral at March 31, 2022 or December 31, 2021.

The Company has no material commitments or demands that are likely to affect its liquidity other than set forth below. In the event loan demand were to increase faster than expected, or any unforeseen demand or commitment were to occur, the Company could access its borrowing capacity with the FHLB or obtain additional funds through brokered certificates of deposit.

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The Company’s primary investing activities are the origination, and to a lesser extent, purchase, of loans and the purchase of securities. For the first quarter of 2022, the Company’s loan production was $488.9 million, as compared to $235.7 million for the first quarter of 2021.

Financing activities consisted primarily of activity in deposit accounts. Total deposits decreased to $5.9 billion at March 31, 2022, or 7.7%, from $6.4 billion at December 31, 2021. The decrease in deposits was primarily driven by the $492.6 million decrease of non-interest bearing demand deposits, which was largely a result of deposit outflows related to client corporate activity, including client-related acquisitions. At March 31, 2022, interest-bearing deposits were comprised of $2.7 billion of money market accounts and $73.9 million of time deposits. Time deposits due within one year of March 31, 2022 totaled $53.9 million, or 0.9% of total deposits. At December 31, 2021, interest-bearing deposits were comprised of $2.7 billion of money market accounts and $79.0 million of time deposits. Time deposits due within one year of December 31, 2021 totaled $53.7 million, or 0.8% of total deposits. Non-interest-bearing deposits were 53.5% of total deposits at March 31, 2022, as compared to 57.0% at December 31, 2021.

At March 31, 2022, the Company had available borrowing capacity of $485.8 million from the FHLB and an available line of credit of $155.0 million under the FRBNY discount window. At December 31, 2021, the Company had an available borrowing capacity of $532.1 million from the FHLB and an available line of credit of $137.0 million under the FRBNY discount window. The Company had no borrowings outstanding from the FHLB or FRBNY at March 31, 2022 or December 31, 2021.

Regulation

The Company and the Bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the Federal banking agencies. At March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company and the Bank met all applicable regulatory capital requirements to be considered “well capitalized” under regulatory guidelines. The Company and the Bank manage their capital to comply with their internal planning targets and regulatory capital standards administered by federal banking agencies. The Company and the Bank review capital levels on a monthly basis. Below is a table of the Company and Bank’s capital ratios for the periods indicated:


							Minimum Ratio
					Minimum		Required
					Ratio to be		for Capital
	At		At		“Well		Adequacy
	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021		Capitalized”		Purposes
The Company
Tier 1 leverage ratio	8.6	%	8.5	%	N/A		4.00	%
Common equity tier 1	13.3	%	14.1	%	N/A		4.50	%
Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio	13.7	%	14.6	%	N/A		6.00	%
Total risk-based capital ratio	14.6	%	16.1	%	N/A		8.00	%

The Bank
Tier 1 leverage ratio	8.5	%	8.4	%	5.00	%	4.00	%
Common equity tier 1	13.6	%	14.4	%	6.50	%	4.50	%
Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio	13.6	%	14.4	%	8.00	%	6.00	%
Total risk-based capital ratio	14.5	%	15.2	%	10.00	%	8.00	%

At March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 total non-owner-occupied commercial real estate loans were 350.9% and 343.4% of risk-based capital, respectively.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

General

The principal objective of the Company’s asset and liability management function is to evaluate the interest rate risk within the balance sheet and pursue a controlled assumption of interest rate risk while maximizing net income and preserving

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adequate levels of liquidity and capital. The Board of Directors has oversight of the Company’s asset and liability management function, which is managed by the Company’s ALCO. The ALCO meets regularly to review, among other things, the sensitivity of assets and liabilities to market interest rate changes, local and national market conditions and market interest rates. That group also reviews liquidity, capital, deposit mix, loan mix and investment positions.

Interest Rate Risk

As a financial institution, the Company’s primary component of market risk is interest rate volatility. Fluctuations in interest rates will ultimately impact both the level of income and expense recorded on most assets and liabilities, and the fair value of all interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, other than those which have a short term to maturity. Interest rate risk is the potential of economic losses due to future interest rate changes. These economic losses can be reflected as a loss of future net interest income and/or a loss of current fair values. The objective is to measure the effect on net interest income and to adjust the balance sheet to minimize the inherent risk while at the same time maximizing income.

The Company manages its exposure to interest rates primarily by structuring its balance sheet in the ordinary course of business. The Company generally originates fixed and floating rate loans with maturities of less than five years. The interest rate risk on these loans is offset by the cost of deposits, where many of such deposits generally pay interest based on a floating rate index. In the first quarter of 2020, the Company entered into an interest rate cap derivative contract as part of its interest rate risk management strategy. The interest rate cap has a notional amount of $300.0 million and was designated as a cash flow hedge of certain deposits. The interest rate subject to the cap is 30-day LIBOR. Based upon the nature of operations, the Company is not subject to FX or commodity price risk and does not own any trading assets.

Net Interest Income At-Risk

The Company analyzes its sensitivity to changes in interest rates through a net interest income simulation model. It estimates what net interest income would be for a one-year period based on current interest rates, and then calculates what the net interest income would be for the same period under different interest rate assumptions. For modeling purposes, the Company reclassifies licensing fees on corporate cash management accounts from non-interest expense to interest expense since the fees are indexed to certain market interest rates.

The following table shows the estimated impact on net interest income for the one-year period beginning March 31, 2022 resulting from potential changes in interest rates, expressed in basis points. These estimates require certain assumptions to be made, including loan and mortgage-related investment prepayment speeds, reinvestment rates, and deposit maturities and decay rates. These assumptions are inherently uncertain. As a result, no simulation model can precisely predict the impact of changes in interest rates on net interest income.

Although the net interest income table below provides an indication of interest rate risk exposure at a particular point in time, such estimates are not intended to, and do not, provide a precise forecast of the effect of changes in market interest rates on net interest income and will differ from actual results. The following table indicates the sensitivity of projected annualized net interest income to the interest rate movements described above (dollars in thousands):


At March 31, 2022
Change in Interest Rates (basis points)	Net Interest Income Year 1 Forecast		Year 1 Change from Level
+400	$	246,884	28.82	%
+300		230,101	20.07
+200		213,286	11.29
+100		197,986	3.31
—		191,646	—
-100		182,243	(4.91)

Given the market interest rate environment, the Company did not model a 200 basis point decrease in interest rates at March 31, 2022.

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The table above indicates that at March 31, 2022, in the event of a 200 basis points increase in interest rates, the Company would experience a 11.29% increase in net interest income. In the event of a 100 basis points decrease in interest rates, it would experience a 4.91% decrease in net interest income.

Economic Value of Equity Analysis

The Company also analyzes the sensitivity of its financial condition to changes in interest rates through an EVE model. This analysis measures the difference between predicted changes in the fair value of assets and predicted changes in the present value of liabilities assuming various changes in current interest rates.

The table below represents an analysis of interest rate risk as measured by the estimated changes in EVE, resulting from an instantaneous and sustained parallel shift in the yield curve (+100, +200, +300 and +400 basis points and -100 basis points) at March 31, 2022 (dollars in thousands):


			Estimated Increase (Decrease) in				EVE as a Percentage of Fair
			EVE				Value of Assets ⁽³⁾
Change in								Increase
Interest Rates								(Decrease)
(basis points) ⁽¹⁾	Estimated EVE ⁽²⁾		Dollars		Percent		EVE Ratio ⁽⁴⁾	(basis points)
+400	$	1,002,321	$	41,843	4.36	%	16.15	167.92
+300		1,000,276		39,798	4.14		15.85	138.44
+200		993,913		33,435	3.48		15.49	102.11
+100		982,481		22,003	2.29		15.05	58.17
—		960,478		—	—		14.47	—
-100		813,236		(147,242)	(15.33)		12.06	(240.45)

(1)	Assumes an immediate uniform change in interest rates at all maturities.

(2)	EVE is the fair value of expected cash flows from assets, less the fair value of the expected cash flows arising from the Company’s liabilities adjusted for the value of off-balance sheet contracts.

(3)	Fair value of assets represents the amount at which an asset could be exchanged between knowledgeable and willing parties in an arms-length transaction.

(4)	EVE Ratio represents EVE divided by the fair value of assets.

Given the market interest rate environment, the Company did not model a 200 basis point decrease in interest rates at March 31, 2022.

The table above indicates that at March 31, 2022, in the event of a 100 basis point decrease in interest rates, the Company would experience a 15.33% decrease in its EVE. In the event of a 200 basis point increase in interest rates, it would experience a 3.48% increase in its EVE .

The preceding simulation analyses do not represent a forecast of actual results and should not be relied upon as being indicative of expected operating results. These hypothetical estimates are based upon numerous assumptions, which are subject to change, including: the nature and timing of interest rate levels including the yield curve shape, prepayments on loans and securities, deposit decay rates, pricing decisions on loans and deposits, reinvestment/replacement of asset and liability cash flows, and others. Also, as market conditions vary, prepayment/refinancing levels, the varying impact of interest rate changes on caps and floors embedded in adjustable-rate loans, early withdrawal of deposits, changes in product preferences, and other internal/external variables will likely deviate from those assumed.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company’s management, with the participation of its Chief Executive Officer, who is the Company’s principal executive officer, and the Chief Financial Officer, who is the Company’s principal financial officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2022 pursuant to Rule 13a-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Based upon that evaluation, the principal executive

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officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of March 31, 2022. In addition, there have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in reports filed by the Company under the Exchange Act, such as this Quarterly Report, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC. Disclosure controls and procedures are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

The Company is subject to various pending and threatened legal actions relating to the conduct of its normal business activities. In the opinion of management, as of March 31, 2022, the ultimate aggregate liability, if any, arising out of any such pending or threatened legal actions will not be material to the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and liquidity.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

There are risks, many beyond our control, which could cause our results to differ significantly from management’s expectations. For a description of these risks, please see the risk factors previously described in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2021 Form 10-K. Any of the risks described in our 2021 Form 10-K or in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q could, by itself or together with one or more other factors, materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

None.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS


3.1	Certificate of Incorporation of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 4, 2017 (File No. 333-220805).
3.2	Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 12, 2021 (File No. 333-254197)).
3.3	Amended and Restated Bylaws of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2021 (File No. 001-38282)).
31.1	Certification of the Principal Executive Officer of the Corporation, pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a).

31.2	Certification of the Principal Financial Officer of the Corporation, pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a).

32	Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, signed by Principal Executive Officer of the Corporation and the Principal Financial Officer of the Corporation.

101	INS XBRL Instance Document (the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

101	SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema

101	CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase

101	DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

101	LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase

101	PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
104	The cover page from Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, formatted in Inline XBRL

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


	Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.


Date: May 6, 2022	By:	/s/ Mark R. DeFazio

	Mark R. DeFazio

	President and Chief Executive Officer



Date: May 6, 2022	By:	/s/ Gregory A. Sigrist

	Gregory A. Sigrist

	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer